Hilary Swank is an American actress who has won the Academy Award twice as leading actress. She has an estimated net worth of $40 million. Hilary Ann Swank was born on July 30th, 1974 in Lincoln, Nebraska (United States).
Beginnings.
Hilary Ann Swank was discovered as a child by a producer who took care of her children’s career. From then on, she appeared regularly in theater plays in her city, and her school. She was also a great athlete who competed in the Junior Olympics in swimming and reached fifth place as the best junior athlete in the state of Nebraska. At the age of 16, and after her parents divorced, she moved with her mother to Los Angeles (California), where he entered the University of Los Angeles, where she studied drama, and began acting in theater professionally.
Karate Kid.
Her fitness was useful in her second film, which was more important than the first one, which was a sequel of Karate Kid. She was chosen from hundreds of candidates; she soon became a popular actress. Since then, Hilary Swank has received numerous offers, and some of her films have achieved a major success.
Boys Don’t Cry.
For Boys Do not Cry, in which she played a transgender young man, in 1999, she received the Oscar for best leading actress. For this role, she shaved her head, and lived for a month as a boy to get accustomed to the role, posing as her own brother. The director of the film, Kimberly Pierce, put this requirement to Hilary to get the role. Her interpretation of Brandon Teena (Teena Brandon) has been described as overwhelming and brilliant. After interpreting this part, Swank suffered a period of identity crisis. Seeing herself after a shooting session, when she wore skirts as an “androgynous.”
Million Dollar Baby.
After this role, she did not receive good quality offers, which made her feel frustrated, and she was about to provoke an early and forced retirement. Clint Eastwood called her to play the role of Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby, for which Swank returned to win the Oscar for best lead actress.
Other films.
Other titles of her filmography are “The Black Dahlia” (2006) by Brian de Palma, “The Reaping” (2007), horror film directed by Stephen Hopkins, or “Freedom Writers” (2007). A social drama by Richard LaGravenese. In “P. S: I Love You” (2007), she collaborated again with LaGravenese in a romantic story co-starring Gerard Butler. In “Amelia” (2009) she interpreted aviator Amelia Earhart along with Richard Gere, and Ewan McGregor.
“Betty Anne Waters” (2010), film based on a real story. It was a judicial drama with Hilary as Sam Rockwell’s sister.
Personal life.
Hilary Swank was married on September 27th 1997 to Chad Lowe (Rob Lowe’s younger brother). However, on Monday, January 9th, 2006, the couple announced their separation after more than 8 years of marriage.
